STRONGS G4046:
περιποιέω,
περιποιῶ: middle, present
περιποιοῦμαι; 1 aorist
περιεποιησάμην; (see
περί, III. 2); from
Herodotus down; "to make to remain over; to reserve, to leave or keep safe, lay by; middle to make to remain for oneself," i. e.:
1. to preserve for oneself (the
Sept. for
הֶחֱיָה):
τήν ψυχήν, life,
Luke 17:33 T Tr WH (
τάς ψυχάς,
Xenophon, Cyril 4, 4, 10).
2. to get for oneself, purchase:
τί,
Acts 20:28 (
Isaiah 43:21;
δύναμιν,
Thucydides 1, 9;
Xenophon, mem. 2, 7, 3);
τί ἐμαυτῷ, gain for myself (
Winer's Grammar, § 38, 6),
1 Timothy 3:13 (1 Macc. 6:44;
Xenophon, an. 5, 8, 17).
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